You've just taken on the role of Information Security leader in an organisation. You've started to build an understanding of the business and what your objectives should be for the next 100; 200; 300 days. As your goals become clearer, you will need to start...
We've all been in situations where we mention a product to a friend and it suddenly shows up on our Facebook feed, or we search for something on Amazon and suddenly you find yourself looking at an ad for it on Instagram. We find ourselves...
Once you've gotten a good understanding of the Mission Essential Functions (MEFs) of the business (refer to my previous article here), you should start thinking about the processes that will be foundational to your security program for the next 2/3 years. Your core activities are...
Thank you Sonya Moisset for building such a valuable platform showcasing Epic Women in Cyber. Diversity is key in any field, and with women being heavily underrepresented in the cybersecurity field, this space gives young girls looking to join the field someone to look towards and...
Starting a new job in a new business can be overwhelming. Especially if you are expected to set up the foundations of a security program in your first 100 days. It is easy to get carried away in your first few weeks and to start setting...
The pandemic has forced organisations world-wide to re-think their people management strategies. Most of their workforce is now working from home and managing through fear and surveillance is no longer working. I would go far as to say this management style has long been ineffective....
In my previous post, I introduced the term information security at its very basics. I went over, What is information security What is information Why do we need to protect it In this article I wanted to discuss the different ways to protect your information, not...
When I started writing up this blog, I sub-consciously had a certain audience in mind. The first few articles have required a level of understanding of information security, a shared knowledge of key terms and topics on the subject. Someone pointed this out to me,...
As security professionals, we often talk about taking a layered approach to security when describing the controls we implement to protect information. We understand the need to not have a single point of failure when implementing protection. If a system is processing critical information, we...
Information security programmes are built on assessing risks and understanding what changes are required to make the unacceptable, acceptable. Information security objectives are reached through successful changes that usually overarch whole organisations or whole business units. In a time where the only constant in organisations,...